Roller-screen.



EL GRM-L ROLLER SCRBlZl.v APPLIUATIQN FILED JULYao. 1910.

Patented May 16, 1911..

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o1- o'wered nn'd'whieh will .reina position' toA winch it hasb'ccnin'oved.

To 'all ind/y concern:

Be itlmgown-.that llionniz'r 019515,11 citizen 'oi 'theUlntcdStateslres1d1ng'1n Racnic,

consin, have invex'ite'd new and uselul 11117 l'1)rov-einents 1nRolle'rfSereens` ot which the :foilowin'r- 1s a dest-.r1 1't1on.reference belnnr ha'djto .the accompanying' drawings, which .are a'part of,thisspecification.

, by rollermeans. and when rolled up is sub- This i11-ventioi'1 relatestoimprovements*in 'roller sereensjof that 'type in which the.

`:screen is adapted to be raised and lowered stantialljvr covered by itscontainer.

'- fastened to or for1ning-partof a .window fraine' as agpernnnientvlixturc.

A rjurther objccti of the invention islto provide 'a scireen which ina'yhe easily raised 111` in any Lith the i1b`o'\'e,:`1nd other objects inview, 'the nventlon consists of vthe screen\:1nd 1ts parts l11dcojnibinzitions as setl` forth 'in the In the aeeotnpant'ving drawing inwhich -the same reference ehara'cters indieale the san1e`parts'i1iztllof the views: Figure 1 is a sulevvview. of a screen embodynig the11nproved.construetion,I parts broke'n away to l show interiorconstrnctlon'; 'Fui'. 9'1s 1i 111e- 191,134: is i horizontal sectionaldetail view ofthe' impot-' portion' of one end of the scrceni :lndFig: 5is al horizontal.sectional detail View of n -side portion of the screen.

Referring ,tothe drawing'the ni111'1eral 8 indicates :t portion o'f:iwnllow 'frame 1f-ordinary oo11str1'ietionto which' is fastened thescreen frame 9.-v vThescreen 'frame consists of two' sido guide members'10 joined to'- gethei" at their upper-ends by a' roller holdf -two halfsections fz'rsteynec'l. together by screws, is' ;xdzip'te'd to holdtherebetween Athe upper end1 oa wire' 'creen 13 formed of ordinary.fiexible ni'aterizr'l:` A l'iod14 positioned mcdilly,longitudinallybetween the half sections' extends :f1-0111 each eind of.the roller and is journaledgiri bearings 15 wlneh form partit-ions'vinthe' holding tube. The

down' in the -weigl1t..re c'esse's'19 the suie guides. 'lh'esei'ee'nwhich is fasfscreen roller 1Q' formed of l lApplinnmi med my so, '1 910.serial no. 574,641.

outer ends of this rod are 'provided4 with drums 16 around which cords17 having counterbalancin'g -fweights ltifcon'neted 'to their free endsare wound. The cordspassy through openings pro'vided'in' ltlletilb'eilld 'up and orin'ejcl in 1 the weights connected thereto plafy tenedbetween the-half sections -is wound therearound in the oppositedirectionltothe F65- w1ndings. of the cords andexteilds'jthifough Thelower vedge Yof the wiresorc'en iS`- fuis` tened between two metal sti'Holding.: plates 93 fastenedto th; `sill stop of the \vindo t\'.t`ra1ne-by s Q-ws 'fr adapted to he conneetied tothe serve to formati'rm loweredpevandto hold the side edges of the screen 4"p'lxi'peilyguided in the side gfuide `grooves QQfOrined iii 'th `guide members areeachfoixned Iof 'two 'i pxeces fastened together b V screwsfo'rcoilvenienee in cuttiire` the weight recesses'.

The. screen frame is fastened to the wiii'- dow frame lby ,means offrame plates 251 which are connected to said frames by screws. l

From the foregoing deseriptionit will be' seen that a sereenls providedin wlich. lth

wire screen may be drawn up intothe' tiiblif lar holder; dnrlngthe-wlnter months o i al:-

othe'r times andit will be completely cov-l ered and protceted from theeleil'ie'ntsY:indy

when desired Ail; inay beA easily` drawn. down and fastened to the?holding'1 pltsfro'in' th inside of thelrooin The tieiibilityv of thefabric 'forming the wire screen permitsl it to outdanger' breaking;

What claim as x'ny invtloiiis': lA sereer'n coinp'rlslng a; gfrainei`having gro-fed lside fn'xer'nbers provided with weight .reces-ses, sindside menons connected tous gether at no1-en 11'11'I`ie1'- ends by. aholding tube provided with an' elongated slotiii lts lo'wei portion,-:i-ro'llc'rpositioned within a joni'f 10ston opposite ein'ds ,of thelHiller,` etndsl wound onA the drums and extending intothe lniength't;

recesses and providedfwith coiiiitcrbalziniil' weights, a sc reen fabricwound o'nvthe roller in a. direction opposite to the direction ofwinding of the cords on the`,drums, said 'fabric 4extending through theslot of the 5 tube, a strentheni strip :connected'to the lower edgeo'the flallric and extendin into the grooves of the sigelmemb'ers to guie the fabrlc, means for fastening the frame to aA In testimony w ere'of,I aix tue, in presence of tw'o witnesses.

ROBERT Witnesses W.`S. UNDERWOOD, ARTHUR KINsEY.

stening the to the window frame.

my signa- ORME.

